Cecilia Payne: La astr�noma que descifr� las estrellas

by Carlos Ferrïez, Itziar Barrios (Illustrator)

Overview

Have you ever wondered what stars are made of? This is the story of a girl who loved gazing up at the sky. Her name was Cecilia Payne, and she was the first to discover one of the great mysteries of the Universe. However, her revolutionary finding was not widely accepted at the time. Only with perseverance, courage and a passion for knowledge did she manage to become a pioneer in the scientific field. And, in the process, she paved the way for all the women who dreamed of dedicating themselves to science.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788417137731
Publisher:	Vegueta Ediciones
Publication date:	05/05/2023
Series:	Genios de la Ciencia
Pages:	36
Product dimensions:	9.50(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.40(d)
Language:	Spanish
Age Range:	7 - 9 Years

About the Author

Itziar Barrios (Granada, 1988) is an illustrator with a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Granada. He mainly works with BIC pens and regularly collaborates with different magazines and agencies, such as The New Yorker, Le Particulier, El País and Cinemanía. Carlos Ferráez is a Mexican writer and filmmaker, magistrate in Literary Creation from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. His first novel, "El ciempiés bicéfalo", was published in Mexico in 2019 and in Colombia in 2022. His short films and film collaborations have received multiple national and international awards. One of them, the short film El cursor intermittent, was the winner of the State Youth Contest and was part of the Official International Film Selection of Acapulco and the University Film section of the Cannes Festival.